San Antonio

Oh San Antonio how I love you!  I think you are beautiful.  Sometimes I wish my husband had a job here.  This was our second road trip of the month for another of Paul's business trips.  We spent a few days hanging out at the river walk while Paul had meetings all day again. It was so peaceful to take a walk next to the river with Audrey in the morning.  There was no one around except for a sweet older woman who offered to take a picture of me and Audrey.  I appreciated it because I'm usually the one behind the camera.   

After our walk we went back to the hotel room with nothing to do but watch Audrey's favorite Disney shows and eat lunch.  It was nice not to have anywhere to be, and not feel guilty that I wasn't doing something.  

After lunch we took another walk to the boat ride, where we climbed aboard for a tour around the river.  We learned all sorts of interesting facts about the buildings surrounding the river and the river itself.  

We had dinner that evening at The Rain Forest Cafe for the first time.  I had no idea what to expect.  They asked if we wanted to be sat next to the gorilla or the waterfall.  I asked Audrey what she wanted and she said she wanted to sit next to the gorilla.  Little did I know that there was a whole animatronics thing going on.  The gorilla actually came to LIFE!   With the sounds of hideous noises and grunts Audrey jumped out of her seat and into my lap in one bound.  She thought her nightmares were coming true. After the gorilla calmed down I thought that was the end of it, so I told Audrey it was okay, and she could go back to her seat.  15 minutes later he erupted again and she was back curled up in my lap with her hands over her eyes saying, "he's gonna get me Mom".  I moved her chair close to me and had her sit down.  I told her that he was a nice gorilla and he was just trying to talk to his friends across the restaurant so he had to talk really loud.  She seemed to be okay with that, except that she had to cover her eyes every time he turned back on.  Needless to say, now that I am informed as to the what goes on in that place, we will be sitting by the waterfall next time, or maybe the elephant.   The elephant seems safe.    

The next day I spent all morning trying to get a hold of my cousin.  She lives in San Antonio and I didn't want to miss her while I was there.  I finally got a hold of her and we spent the afternoon together.  We talked about our families, about our new houses, about life general, and about adoption.    I would say that the best part of our time here in San Antonio was getting to spend time with Cindy. She adopted one of her girls and has the most beautiful adoption story.  As she told me about it I couldn't help but tear up.  It was amazing to see how God's hand was so evident in her story.  I know he is guiding our story too and I can only hope that it ends as beautifully as hers. 
    

That evening Paul was finally done with his meetings and we got to spend the evening together.  I miss him!  As much as I have enjoyed being away, I'm glad that I get to see him more now that we're home.